Spelunkers are crazy, out of every stupid thing you could do that has a high chance of killing you of you if you make a tiny mistake you choose spelunking?
Exploring beginner friendly caves is really cool. But tight passages like this and the nutty putty cave one are absolutely terrifying, and I want nothing to do with it.
My first and only cave experience was with a friend who had done the tunnel before so he knew where it went and was safe. It was slightly wider than my shoulders and started with climbing a rope up into the tunnel from a river and ended with a T intersection.
But scuba spelunking gives you the worst of both. Easy to get lost, easy to get stuck especially because you have a big tank on your back, if you let silt kick up its easy to get turned around and lost in the cave, and of course you also have a limited air supply.
LoL. I do have a lot of respect for those SCUBA cavers. I had a friend in school who was so disappointed when I didn’t say sphygmomanometer, and I love words so much that I try to use the longer/ less used ones when I can get away with it. :-D
You can use the words you want, although in most situations people will understand you better if you say “blood pressure monitor” – unless you’re in the medical field and need to be more specific.
The caving one bothers me because people talk about a sport they don’t do or their friends don’t do with a word only outsiders use. It shows you don’t want any connection to the actual people who do it and who sometimes die in accidents.
Sorry if that wasn’t clear. I’m honestly curious how “spelunking” got to be such a popular word.
If you want to see some fun caving content, and also the world’s first proto-creepypasta, check out Ted’s Caving Page. https://www.angelfire.com/trek/caver/
I have gone to a couple lava flow caves and went to one in Central Oregon that I had to crawl through a tiny hole for about 5-6 feet not too bad but it opened up to this amazing little geode room thing…out of the ten of us only 4 of us went in there it was terrifying but worth it…turning off your flashlights in caves is something else!!!
Spelunkers are crazy, out of every stupid thing you could do that has a high chance of killing you of you if you make a tiny mistake you choose spelunking?
Exploring beginner friendly caves is really cool. But tight passages like this and the nutty putty cave one are absolutely terrifying, and I want nothing to do with it.
This IS the nutty putty cave, the pic is just rotated 90 degrees.
The picture makes my skin crawl because I read about the guy.
It gets worse knowing which way is down in that picture XD
Oh god so much worse. Just a nightmarish, horrid way to go. It seriously freaks me out imagining it.
My first and only cave experience was with a friend who had done the tunnel before so he knew where it went and was safe. It was slightly wider than my shoulders and started with climbing a rope up into the tunnel from a river and ended with a T intersection.
But this hole was made for me!
Drr drr dr
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Yeah, choose SCUBA spelunking like a real daredevil!
Wingsuit base SCUBA spelunking
scuba is waaay less dangerous. if your shit fails you can surface (depending on depth of course) the bends aint fun
I think they meant cave diving. Spelunking, but underwater. Incredibly dangerous.
yeah fuck that noise.
ive seen signs at cave mouths that are mostly skulls
…cave diving is the most
dangerousdeadly recreational sport of which i’m aware…But scuba spelunking gives you the worst of both. Easy to get lost, easy to get stuck especially because you have a big tank on your back, if you let silt kick up its easy to get turned around and lost in the cave, and of course you also have a limited air supply.
No one calls it spelunking who actually does it, at least in USA
Good thing we aren’t in the USA then.
Do they call it spelunking where you are? I’m curious if any caving communities actually call it that
I won’t cave to peer pressure, and will always call it spelunking.
Best way to show you don’t care about the actual sport imo
LoL. I do have a lot of respect for those SCUBA cavers. I had a friend in school who was so disappointed when I didn’t say sphygmomanometer, and I love words so much that I try to use the longer/ less used ones when I can get away with it. :-D
You can use the words you want, although in most situations people will understand you better if you say “blood pressure monitor” – unless you’re in the medical field and need to be more specific.
The caving one bothers me because people talk about a sport they don’t do or their friends don’t do with a word only outsiders use. It shows you don’t want any connection to the actual people who do it and who sometimes die in accidents.
You do this whole thing and never once tell us the super secret proper word for spelunking…
Disregard saw your other post…it’s called caving…
Sorry if that wasn’t clear. I’m honestly curious how “spelunking” got to be such a popular word.
If you want to see some fun caving content, and also the world’s first proto-creepypasta, check out Ted’s Caving Page. https://www.angelfire.com/trek/caver/
I have gone to a couple lava flow caves and went to one in Central Oregon that I had to crawl through a tiny hole for about 5-6 feet not too bad but it opened up to this amazing little geode room thing…out of the ten of us only 4 of us went in there it was terrifying but worth it…turning off your flashlights in caves is something else!!!
what do they call it, “Get stuck in impossibly tiny hole upside down and die”?
No they call it caving.
The bougie name